Dharmaseed.org talk: Spring Fever Pt 1.http://dharmaseed.org/feeds/talk/4/6130/We often relate to arisings and beginnings as intrinsically and wholly good (think kids and puppies, spring flowers...), but surely there's more to the story, for everything in nature tends to create its opposite.
This will be a day of reflections and practices on the themes of interest and enthusiasm, and their painful shadow, the obsessive quality of becoming.
Most usefully we will explore the ways that the heart can be freed from such obsessive addictions so the cycles of nature can be integrated harmoniously.en-usLicensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0http://media.dharmaseed.org/images/rss-pic-DS.jpghttp://dharmaseed.org/feeds/talk/4/6130/Dharmaseed.org talk: Spring Fever Pt 1.Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:50:00 +0000noWe often relate to arisings and beginnings as intrinsically and wholly good (think kids and puppies, spring flowers...), but surely there's more to the story, for everything in nature tends to create its opposite.
This will be a day of reflections and practices on the themes of interest and enthusiasm, and their painful shadow, the obsessive quality of becoming.
Most usefully we will explore the ways that the heart can be freed from such obsessive addictions so the cycles of nature can be integrated harmoniously.dharmaseed.orgdharma, dhamma, seed, insight, meditation, vipassana, metta, retreat, buddhism, buddhistDharma Seedcontact@dharmaseed.org2009-04-04 Achaan Amaro: Spring Fever Pt 1.http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/4/talk/6130/20090404-Achaan_Amaro-SR-spring_fever_pt_1.mp32009-04-04 Achaan Amaro: Spring Fever Pt 1.Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:50:00 +00006130LnoAchaan Amaro2009-04-04 Achaan Amaro: Spring Fever Pt 1.2009-04-04 Achaan Amaro: Spring Fever Pt 1.40:31